An essay relevant to the current discussion By Greg Lyons, junior English major Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 Article Tools:Email This ArticlePrint This Article Page 1 of 1
To Women: You are attacking the wrong people if you are trying to separate yourselves from being labeled as mere sexual objects. Stop blaming your inequality on strippers, porn stars, prostitutes and other women who flaunt their sexuality. As a man, I'll tell you right now that they are not the reason for your objectification. Suppose, by some horrible act, all the sexually related jobs that "degraded" and "objectified" women just disappeared today. What would change? You would still be viewed as sex objects because the underlying reason behind the objectification is not other women, it is men. As I said, even if you forced other women to quit their jobs and then placed them into more "suitable" professions, you (women) would still be objectified by men. If you wear a low-cut shirt, we'll try to look down it; if you wear a miniskirt, we'll try to look up it; if we stare long enough, we'll start to wonder how good you are in the sack. Do not think I'm saying that you should start wearing jumpsuits or cover-alls. Such a proposal would be ludicrous and ineffective because we would still picture you naked. And no matter what you do on the outside; we will always, on one level or another, sexually objectify you. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
